This native vine or climber
is commonly known as
giant climbing orchid.
Pseudovanilla foliata
is described as a "monocot"
in the
Orchidaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
A large climbing, scrambing, leafless saprophytic plant with stems 8 metres long with small 3-4cm round leaf-like bracts. Flowering stems 20-40cm long with 1-8 3-4cm diameter orange or orange-yellow flowers with a dark reddish labellum. Flowering period November-January. Rare in area. K'gari (Fraser Island). (Alan Logan). Listed as a special least concern species in Queensland (https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/plants/protected-plants/harvesting).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
